Article of jewelry.



' F. BLUME.

ARTICLE OF JEWELRY.

\PPLIGATION TILED FEB.23, 1911.

1,025,447, Patented May 7,1912.

W; E SE52 INVENTOR sign carrying FRANK BLUIVIE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ARTICLE OF JEWELRY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ma 7. 1.912.

Application filed February 23, 1911. Serial No.' 610,217.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, FRANK BLUMn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ch1- cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois have invented a new and useful Article of J ewelry, of which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to articles of jewelry, tie pins, brooches and such like.

it is an object of the invention to provide a piece of jewelry in which the decorative efiectof cut sh es or other decorative designs is increased. For this purpose a move ment is imparted to a design carrying member, varying thereby the reflections and sparkling eii ect produced by the cutsurfaces of the stones or metal parts.

Another object of the invention is to impart a movement to more than one of these design carrying members and to increase thereby still more the variety and number of reflections and to enhance the decorative effect of the article.

Another obj set is to impart to various demembers movement in different directions.

Another obj ect ofthe invention is to provide means, in coaction with the elements which support the design carrying members, to prevent the material of the garment, on which the article of jewelry is fastened, from coming into contact with the movable parts of the article.

These and other objects will be more fully understood by reference to the following specification, the appended claims and the accompanying drawing.

The drawing shows by way of example one embodiment of the invention.

Figure lis a vertical section, partly in elevation of an article of jewelry, which is the subject matter of this invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section partly iii elevation of the article. Fig. 3 is a plan top view of a plurality of design carrying members. Fig. 4shows in front elevation the manner in which the article of jewelry may be applied to a neck tie, and Fig. dis a side elevation of the article in combination with a neck tie.

Similar reference characters indicate similar parts throughout the drawing.

The article in its preferred form comprises atrain of gears inclosod in a casingl of suitable shape and advisably of metal. The gears are supported between plates 2 and 3,

which in the form illustrated are spaced from each other by means of rods 4, the plates 2 and 3 serving as supports for the shafts of the various gear wheels. As indicated in Fig. .1 the upper plate 2 is provided with an aperture 5 through which projects a casing 6 containing a spiral spring 7. One

end of the spring is fastened, by means of a rivet 8 or in some other suitable way, to the casing,'while the other end of the spring is secured to the shaft 9. The shaft extends loosely through casing 6 and is rotatably secured in a bracket 10 which overlies the casing and which is mounted on plate 2. The other end of the shaft 9 extending tl'irough the casing 1- is provided with a key 11, .the key being detaehably connected with the shaft by means of a nut engaging the threads provided on the shaft 9. A gear 12 integn'al with the casing 6 or securely fastened thereto engages a pinion 13 mounted on a shaft 14, the ends of the shaft being rotatably supported in the plates 2 and 3. Another 15 also mounted on shaft 14, meshes with a pinion 16 on shaft 17. The lower end of said shaft is shown to be resting on the lower end of the same projects through the plate 2, carrying a gear wheel 18 on the projectingend. As may be seen from Fig. 2, the gear 18 is in engagement with two pinions l9 and 20 respectively. The pinion 19 rotat ing on top of plate 2, is provided with a stem 21, the upper end of which is adapted to receive a threaded sleeve 22-preferably integral with the design carrier 23, as shown. The pinion 20 isiin engagement with agear wheel 24 which is provided with an extended hub 25 having a circular shoulder 26 there on. This gear 24 is,rotatably supported on a bracket 27, which is mounted. the upper surface of plate 2 and which by mean. of a sleeve-like projection 50 surrounds the stem 21 on the gear 19 so as to form a hearing surface for said stem. 28 provided with a downwardly extending hub sleeve 29 is adapted to engage the companion hub 25 of ,the gear 24, abutting against the shoulder 26 of said hub. It may be limintained in this position by the r siliency of the sleeve 29 or in some other way. It will be seen that this train of gears serves as means for imparting rotary move- A design carrier:

plate 3, while the upper went to the design carrying members in various direct-ions. Another bracket advisably mounted on top of the upper'plate 2 surrounds the, hub 25' of the gear 24, as may be seen from Fig. 2, and is .provided with a projecting arm 31, which serves as a 5 bearing for the shaft of the pinion 20. The bracket 30 is provided with a central sleeve 32 which incloses the hub 25 and part of the sleeve 29 of the design carrying member 28.

It project-s beyond the top of the casing 1,

1e and at the upper end it is provided with a circular flange 33. From the above it will be seen that the'pinion 19 rotates in opposite direction to the gear 18, while the gear 24 rotates in the same direction as the gear 18 and as the two design carrying members shown in Fig. 1 are detachably mounted on these gears, it-is obvious that they rotate in opposite directions with respect to each other. It is obvious that the drawing shows all of these parts somewhat enlarged, and that the actual relation of the parts might besomewhat dilferent from that shown in the drawing. The sleeve 32 may be in frictional engagement with the hub 25, and the 25 distance between the design carriers is shown exaggerated for the sake of clearncss.

In order to prevent unwinding of the spring 7, a gear 3- is mounted on the shaft 17, meshing with the pinion 35, which, by means of a gear 30, transfers movement to a ratchet wheel 37 mounted on shaft 33. pawl 39 oscillat-ably mounted on a shaft- 10 serves in a known way to prevent rearward rotation of the ratchet 37, as it is adapted to enter between the teeth of the same. After the spring has been wound up by means of the key 11 on shaft 9, the sudden unwinding of the same prevented by the pawl 32) which enters between the teeth of the ratchet 40 gear 37. The rotation of gear 12 is transferred by the train of gears described to the two design carrying members which, as.

shown, rotate in opposite directions.

As will be seen fronrthc drawing, the device is supposed to be carried in upright position so that the design carriers are near the upper end thereof. By shaking the under structure to a slight extent the pawl 39 will be released from the engagement with the ratchet 37, so that the spring motor will actuate the carriers. \Vhen thederi ce is moved to a horizontal position, the pawl 39 mayagain be brought into engagement with the ratchet by a slight shaking movement of the entire device and thc- -ar riers will cease to rotate U;

'Fhe'llafige f 3 of thefbracket 30, serves as a means for preventing the fabric of the garment, on or in which tln article is worn, (it) from getting into contact with the design carrying member. As shown in Figs, 4 and 5, the article of e'lry in the Form of a tie pin is inserted e' folds ot'a neck t-ie 50f, and it is oblous that iriorjto the insertion the key for winding the spring, as well as tl1e dcsign carrying members may have been removed from the article so as to facilitate the insertion. After the article is in place, the design carrying members may be secured to the hub 25 and stem 21 respectively, the flange 33 serving as a guard to keep the lower design carrying member at a distance from the cloth and prevent the edges or points of the same from getting caught in the fabric.

is obvious that the design illustrated is only shown by way of example and that the device may be used in conncction with any design. It is also obvious that modifications of construction may beemployed without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention, and it is understood that the invention is not limited by the positive terms 'employed in the above description.

I claim:

1. In an article of jewelry, the combination of a spring motor and design carrying members rotated by said motor, a hub sleeve on one of said design carrying members, a companion sleeve on one of the gears r0- tatcd by the spring motor and adapted to' hold the sleeve of the said design carrying member. a screw threaded stem concentric with said hub sleeve and rotated by said spring motor. a screw threaded sleeve adapted for engagement with the screw threaded stem, said threaded sleeve being connected with the other design carrying member.

2. In an article of jewelry,- the combination of a spring motor and a plurality of concentric design 'arrying members, a hub sleeve on one of said design carrying members, a companion sleeve rotated by the spring motor and adapted to hold the sleeve of the design carrying member, shoulders on said companion sleeve and in en agement with the edge of the hub sleeve of the design carrier, a screw threaded stem and means on the other design carrier for engagement with the threads of the stem.

3. An article of jewelry comprising in combination a spring motor and a plurality of design carrying members rotated by said spring motor, a hub sleeve on one of the design carrying members, a companion sleeve rotated by the spring motor and adapted to hold thehub sleeve of the design carrying member, a screw threaded stem rotated by said spring motor, means for curing the other design carrying member to said stem and a stationary b'ackct inter-' posed between said companion sleeve and the screw threaded stem. 7

4. An article of jewelry comprising in combination a spring motor and a plurality of design carrying members, a hub sleeve carried by one of'said design carrying members, a companion sleeve rotated by said spring motor and adapted to hold the hub sleeve of said design carrying member, a bracket projecting from said casing and be- SCI'GW threaded stem rotated by the spring ing provided with a circumferential flange. 10 motor and means for securing the other de- Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 18th day sign carrying member to said stem, a bracket of February 1911. interposed between said stem and said com- FRANK BLUME. panion sleeve and serving as bearing for said stem and said sleeve; another bracket, a casing for said spring motor, said other Witnesses:

GEORGE W. ToRPE, AUGUST TORPE. 

